Marvel Rivals developer NetEase Games has now confirmed that it has "made the difficult decision" to lay off a number of its US-based team members. Reports about layoffs hitting the Marvel Rivals team – despite its enormous success since launch – first surfaced yesterday after game director Thaddeus Sasser posted on LinkedIn,

Chinese game publisher NetEase has laid off Marvel Rivals development team members including the game director, Kotaku reported. Some of those let go expressed surprise and dismay at the move considering that the team-based PVP shooter has consistently been in the top ten on Steam since its December debut.